1949 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) |
| 3rd place Western Division 6-5-1 .545 |
| Co-Head Coaches: Phil Handler and Buddy Parker (2-4-0); Head Coach: Buddy Parker (4-1-1) |
| Marshall Goldberg | Assistant Coach |
| Dick Plasman | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 8/29/1949 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-51 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 36236 | |
| Fri | 9/2/1949 | N | New York Bulldogs | 24-21 | W | Allentown, PA | Taylor Stadium | 8316 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1949 | N | Washington Redskins | 24-10 | W | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | 25000 | |
| Wed | 9/14/1949 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 30-7 | W | PIttsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 17983 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1949 | A | Wilkes-Barre Bullets | 49-6 | W | Pittston, PA | Bone Stadium | 3510 | |
| Mon | 9/26/1949 | H | Washington Redskins | 38-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 24136 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1949 | H | Chicago Bears | 7-17 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 52867 | |
| Sat | 10/8/1949 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 3-28 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 34596 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1949 | A | Green Bay Packers | 39-17 | W | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 18464 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1949 | H | Detroit Lions | 7-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 19490 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1949 | H | New York Giants | 38-41 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 21339 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1949 | A | Detroit Lions | 42-19 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 19465 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1949 | A | New York Bulldogs | 65-20 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 9072 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1949 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 28-28 | T | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 34100 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1949 | H | Green Bay Packers | 41-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 16787 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1949 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 31-27 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 74673 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1949 | A | Chicago Bears | 21-52 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 50101 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 68 | Plato Andros | ROT-LOG | 6-0 | 240 | 28 | Oklahoma | 12 | 2 |
| 7 | Elmer Angsman | ROH | 5-11 | 200 | 24 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| 75 | Ray Apolskis | ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 206 | 31 | Marquette | 8 | 1 |
| 32 | Vince Banonis | C-LB | 6-1 | 230 | 28 | Detroit Mercy | 12 | 6 |
| 57 | Bill Blackburn | C-MG | 6-5 | 228 | 26 | Southwestern Louisiana JC; Rice | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | Chet Bulger | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 239 | 32 | Auburn | 7 | 0 |
| 43 | Jim Cain | RDE | 6-1 | 202 | 22 | Alabama | 12 | 0 |
| 55 | Billy Campbell | LB | 6-0 | 195 | 29 | Oklahoma | 6 | 0 |
| 44 | Paul Christman | QB | 6-0 | 210 | 31 | Missouri | 12 | 7 |
| 67 | Corwin Clatt | LB | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | Notre Dame | 10 | 0 |
| 24 | Red Cochran | LDH-LOH | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Wake Forest | 12 | 0 |
| 50 | Joe Coomer | RDT-ROT | 6-5 | 281 | 32 | Texas A&M: Austin | 12 | 2 |
| 31 | Jerry Davis | RDH | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | Southeastern Louisiana | 9 | 0 |
| 41 | Billy Dewell | LOE-LDE | 6-4 | 208 | 32 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 9 |
| 87 | Babe Dimancheff | LOH-FB | 5-10 | 178 | 27 | Butler; Purdue | 10 | 1 |
| 42 | Bob Dove | LDE | 6-1 | 222 | 28 | Notre Dame | 12 | 0 |
| 72 | Bill Fischer | LOT-LDT-LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 248 | 22 | Notre Dame | 12 | 8 |
| 82 | John Goldsberry | RDT-LOG | 6-2 | 245 | 23 | Indiana | 10 | 0 |
| 34 | Pat Harder | FB | 5-11 | 203 | 27 | Wisconsin | 11 | 9 |
| 21 | Jim Hardy | QB | 6-0 | 180 | 26 | Southern California | 12 | 5 |
| 80 | Mal Kutner | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 197 | 28 | Texas | 12 | 12 |
| 64 | Dick Loepfe | LDT-LOT | 6-2 | 230 | 27 | Wisconsin | 6 | 2 |
| 73 | Ham Nichols | LOG-RDG | 5-11 | 209 | 25 | Rice | 10 | 3 |
| 98 | Bob Nussbaumer | S | 5-11 | 173 | 25 | Michigan | 11 | 0 |
| 18 | George Petrovich | LOG-LOT-RDT | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Texas | 12 | 6 |
| 20 | Buster Ramsey | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 219 | 29 | William & Mary | 12 | 11 |
| 61 | Bob Ravensberg | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Indiana | 12 | 2 |
| 90 | Vic Schwall | ROH-LOH | 5-8 | 190 | 24 | Northwestern | 12 | 0 |
| 37 | Clarence Self | RDH | 5-8 | 181 | 24 | Wisconsin | 12 | 0 |
| 62 | Charley Trippi | LOH | 6-0 | 186 | 28 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| 51 | Tom Wham | RDE-LDE-ROE-LOE | 6-2 | 217 | 25 | Furman | 12 | 1 |
| 33 | Vinnie Yablonski | FB | 5-8 | 195 | 26 | Fordham; Columbia | 12 | 2 |
| 15 | Bob Zimny | ROT | 6-1 | 235 | 28 | Indiana | 12 | 5 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 10 | Bill Fischer | G | Notre Dame |
| 2 | 21 | Dick McKissack | B | Southern Methodist |
| 4 | 40 | John Goldsberry | T | Indiana |
| 5 | 50 | Tom Wham | E | Furman |
| 6 | 60 | Bernie Hanula | T | Wake Forest |
| 7 | 62 | Myrle Greathouse | B | Oklahoma |
| 7 | 70 | Jim Cain | E | Alabama |
| 8 | 80 | Joe Brown | B | Georgia Tech |
| 9 | 90 | Hal Herring | C | Auburn |
| 10 | 100 | Bob Hecker | B | Baldwin-Wallace |
| 11 | 110 | Stan Flowers | E | Redlands |
| 12 | 120 | Billy Stone | B | Bradley |
| 13 | 130 | Bob Todd | T | Louisville |
| 14 | 140 | Tony Klimek | E | Illinois |
| 15 | 150 | Bob McQuade | B | Xavier (Ohio) |
| 16 | 160 | Tom Murdock | B | Appalachian State |
| 17 | 170 | Eddie Rupp | B | Denison |
| 18 | 180 | Webb Halbert | B | Iowa State |
| 19 | 190 | Dean Laun | E | Iowa State |
| 20 | 200 | Earl Rowan | T | Hardin-Simmons |
| 21 | 210 | Leon Joslin | B | Texas Christian |
| 22 | 220 | Bill Sprang | C | Purdue |
| 23 | 230 | Bob Cox | E | North Carolina |
| 24 | 240 | Stan Szymakowski | B | Lehigh |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 96 | 89 | 87 | 88 |
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 93 | 54 | 89 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 207 | 106 | 82 | 19 | / % | / % | 67 | 590 | |
| Opponents Totals | 231 | 113 | 107 | 11 | / % | / % | 67 | 625 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Harder | 8 | 45 | 47 | 95.7 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 0 | 102 |
| Charley Trippi | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Elmer Angsman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Mal Kutner | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Red Cochran | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Babe Dimancheff | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bob Ravensberg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Vinnie Yablonski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 0 | 16 |
| Billy Dewell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Vic Schwall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Vince Banonis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Blackburn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jerry Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Hardy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Wham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Buster Ramsey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 48 | 46 | 48 | 95.8 | 8 | 11 | 72.7 | 1 | 360 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 37 | 41 | 90.2 | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 0 | 301 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Harder | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 3/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| Vinnie Yablonski | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 0/ | 3/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| Team Totals | 8 | 11 | 72.7 | 3/ | 3/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 2/ | 3/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer Angsman | 125 | 674 | 5.4 | 82t | 6 |
| Charley Trippi | 112 | 553 | 4.9 | 55 | 3 |
| Pat Harder | 106 | 447 | 4.2 | 42t | 7 |
| Babe Dimancheff | 38 | 151 | 4.0 | 22 | 3 |
| Vinnie Yablonski | 32 | 97 | 3.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Red Cochran | 20 | 87 | 4.4 | 22t | 1 |
| Vic Schwall | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Paul Christman | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Clarence Self | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Mal Kutner | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Ravensberg | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Hardy | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 4t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 467 | 2130 | 4.6 | 82t | 21 |
| Opponents Totals | 446 | 1874 | 4.2 | 19 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Christman | 151 | 75 | 49.7 | 63 | 1015 | 6.7 | 13.5 | 50t | 11 | 7.3 | 13 | 8.6 | 108 | 907 | 59.9 | |
| Jim Hardy | 150 | 63 | 42.0 | 74 | 748 | 5.0 | 11.9 | 48t | 10 | 6.7 | 13 | 8.7 | 68 | 680 | 44.0 | |
| Elmer Angsman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Red Cochran | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Vic Schwall | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Charley Trippi | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | -8 | 39.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 307 | 138 | 45.0 | 143 | 1763 | 5.7 | 12.8 | 50t | 21 | 6.8 | 26 | 8.5 | 184 | 1579 | 51.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 383 | 174 | 45.4 | 176 | 2617 | 6.8 | 15.0 | 18 | 4.7 | 33 | 8.6 | 203 | 2414 | 48.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Trippi | 34 | 412 | 12.1 | 44t | 6 |
| Mal Kutner | 30 | 465 | 15.5 | 49t | 5 |
| Billy Dewell | 20 | 235 | 11.8 | 25t | 2 |
| Pat Harder | 12 | 100 | 8.3 | 44t | 1 |
| Babe Dimancheff | 10 | 130 | 13.0 | 50t | 1 |
| Bob Ravensberg | 10 | 203 | 20.3 | 48t | 3 |
| Red Cochran | 7 | 107 | 15.3 | 33 | 1 |
| Vinnie Yablonski | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Elmer Angsman | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 32 | 0 |
| Vic Schwall | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 18t | 2 |
| Tom Wham | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 138 | 1763 | 12.8 | 50t | 21 |
| Opponents Totals | 174 | 2617 | 15.0 | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Nussbaumer | 12 | 157 | 13.1 | 68 | 0 |
| Jerry Davis | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Vince Banonis | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 28t | 1 |
| Bill Blackburn | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 21 | 1 |
| Corwin Clatt | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 39 | 0 |
| Tom Wham | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46t | 1 |
| John Goldsberry | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Ray Apolskis | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bill Fischer | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Buster Ramsey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarence Self | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Cochran | 0 | 26 | 26L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 486 | 14.7 | 68 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 401 | 15.4 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Cochran | 52 | 2186 | 42.0 | 66 | 0 | |||||
| Charley Trippi | 8 | 292 | 36.5 | 46 | 0 | |||||
| Jim Hardy | 5 | 180 | 36.0 | 51 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 65 | 2658 | 40.9 | 66 | 0 | 361 | 35.3 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 2268 | 38.4 | 546 | 31.6 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Cochran | 15 | 314 | 20.9 | 71t | 2 | |
| Charley Trippi | 10 | 160 | 16.0 | 38 | 0 | |
| Clarence Self | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Corwin Clatt | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Jerry Davis | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 546 | 18.2 | 71t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 361 | 8.4 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Trippi | 18 | 427 | 23.7 | 48 | 0 | |
| Red Cochran | 20 | 410 | 20.5 | 32 | 0 | |
| Elmer Angsman | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 20 | 0 | |
| Vic Schwall | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 23 | 0 | |
| Babe Dimancheff | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Bill Blackburn | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Garrard Ramsey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 51 | 1013 | 19.9 | 48 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 1252 | 23.2 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer Angsman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Apolskis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Banonis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Blackburn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Cain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Christman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Corwin Clatt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Cochran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 1 |
| Bob Dove | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Fischer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Hardy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mal Kutner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Ravensberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vic Schwall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clarence Self | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Wham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Yablonski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 20 | 16 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 40 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 1 |
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